Faucet attachment



(NUMmlb. o. E. VAN ALSTINB & H. MUNZER.

FAUGET ATTAGHMBNT.

No. 432,152. Patented July 15, 1890.

WJZWESSES [Wam/M0725' 5M W/ M VUNITED STATES CORNELIUS O. E. VAN ALS'IINE PATENT OFFICE.

AND HUGO MUN ZER, OF PATERSON, NEW

JERSEY.

FAUCET ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,152, dated July 15, 1890.

Application tiled December 5, 1889. Serial No, 332,664. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CORNELIUS O. E. VAN ALs'rINE and HUGO MUNZER, citizens of the United States, residing atPaterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucet Attachments; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to devices for autom atically closing the tap-holes of barrels when the faucet is withdrawn; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through the device, and Fig. 2 is an end view of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are longitudinal sections showing two modifications in the construction of the device.

A is a cylindrical shell provided lwith perforations a and a screw-thread a for engaging with the head of a barrel O is a flange outside the baiel for screwing in the shell, and c is an elastic washer for keeping the joint tight.

I) is a projecting ring formed on the inside of the shell, and d is a wooden bush or packing at the front end of the shell for the shank d of an ordinary faucet to be driven into.

E is a valve-seat, of india-rubber or other similar material, having a central hole e, through which the faucetshank may project.

F is a Valve, which rests upon said valveseat and closes the opening through it when the faucet is not inserted in position. This Valveis provided with the annular V-shaped projection f upon its face for bearing against the flat surface of the valve-seat, the sharp edge of said projection permitting it to make a tight joint with the said surface.

G is a spiral spring behind the valve.

II is a perforated plate for the end of the spring to push against, and his a pin passing centrally through the shell behind said plate. The end of the spring keeps the plate square across the shell, and the pin 7i prevents it from being pushed out endwise.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the front portion of the shell is left off. The shell is screwed in from the opposite side of the barrel-head and is kept tight by the washer c', the faucet-shank being adapted to engage with the wood of the barrel direct.

The modification shown in Fig. 4 is the same as Fig. 3; but the ring I) is left off and the washer E performs the double function of a valve-seat and a packing for keeping tight the joint around the shell. The plate I'I is also formed integral with the shell, as the spring and valve can be inserted'from the front end of the device before the shell is screwed into the barrel-head.

YV hat we claim is- The combination, with the perforated cylindrical shell provided with the ring D at its front end, of the plate II, a single pin passed centrally through the shell behind said plate, the spring G, pushing against said plate and holding across the end of the shell, the valve F, provided with the annular front projection f, and having its rear end inserted in said spring, and the annular valve-seat @,inserted between the valve-face and said ring D, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CORNELIUS C. E. VAN ALSTINE. HUGO MUNZER.

lVitnesses:

MICHAEL DUNN, CHARLES B. DUNN. 

